In the long history of zarzuela from its birth in the mid-17th century there is nothing quite like the case of the Fernández-Shaw family, whose legacy includes three names made famous in this genre: those of Carlos and his two sons Guillermo and Rafael. Between 1888 and 1965 they contributed nearly 125 premiered works to Spanish musical theatre, among them some of the most important in the representative genres of opera, zarzuela, sainete and operetta. (Read more)